Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon keeps her chin up after volte-face on cosmetic treatment

Susan Sarandon, the star of Thelma and Louise, who has spoken out against
facelifts, admits that she has undergone cosmetic treatment.

Susan Sarandon has admitted undergoing cosmetic treatmentPhoto: REX

By Richard Eden

7:28AM BST 06 May 2012

Susan Sarandon became a pin-up for campaigners against cosmetic surgery when she declared that if a woman ever felt like having a facelift, she should go and do something interesting instead.

The 65-year-old star of Thelma and Louise has, however, now admitted that she has undergone anti-ageing treatment. “I had under my chin sucked out once,” the Left-wing activist admits.

“If someone wants to get implants or tucks, you hope they will keep the essence of who they are, and not go over the top.”

In an interview with this newspaper’s Stella magazine, published in October 2010, the Oscar winner denied that she had undergone any Botox or cosmetic surgery. “I’m afraid of Botox,” she said. “As an actress, you have to use your face. But I do think a woman has a right to do whatever she wants with her body.”

The American – who has two sons by her former companion of 21 years, Tim Robbins – said in 2008: “Plastic surgery gets addictive and too extreme. Looking good and being sexy is a state of mind – it’s about saying yes to life.”